Management Team

Rudy has had extensive experience in managing closely held businesses. He owned and operated layerONE media, LLC, a company he founded in 2008, which has since been combined with D4. From 1993 to 2009, he owned and operated Rochester Binding & Finishing, Inc., a trade bindery serving commercial printers around the Northeastern United States.

Prior to 1993, Rudy was President of RTR Transportation Associates, a licensee of National Car Rental System. He spent 13 years in the vehicle leasing business including positions with International Harvester Corp. and Ryder System, Inc.

Rudy is a Director of the Sodus Cold Storage Company, a Trustee of the Printing Industries Association Workers Compensation Trust, and a member of the City of Rochester Empire Zone Administrative Board. He holds a BSBA from Boston University and is Past Chairman of the Board of ABVI-Goodwill Industries. Rudy has also been involved in the community, working with the YMCA of Greater Rochester, Lewis Street Center, United Way of Greater Rochester, and Quad A for Kids.

David has nearly 14 years of experience in the legal technology field. As a Senior Vice President of D4, he is focused on managing the Strategic Business Units, including the producing offices outside of Rochester in Tampa, Lincoln, San Jose, Omaha, Grand Rapids, and Buffalo. David is also responsible for the IT team, Legal Technology Support team and Hosting Support team.

Prior to joining D4, David held the position of National Litigation Technology Manager at Nixon Peabody for 10 years. During this time, David expanded the use of technology within the litigation practice group and improved the underlying architecture to support a centralized model. He also assisted on numerous firm-wide projects that involved many other technologies used within a law firm.

David has presented on various topics regarding eDiscovery and how technology integrates into the litigation practice including document imaging. His project management background assists legal teams with navigating through the many decision points and tasks to implement a cost effective approach to discovery.

David attends numerous continuing education forums and courses to keep pace with the ever changing advancements in litigation technology. He is a CompTIA Certified Document Imaging Architech, (CDIA+), and is also certified in some of the leading litigation technologies.

David holds a Bachelor degree in Management from St. John Fisher College. He also earned a technical degree in Data Processing from Alfred State College.

Charles is a veteran litigation support professional and leading eDiscovery strategist. With over two decades of litigation support and eDiscovery experience, Chuck has developed litigation support systems at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York and served as its first litigation and practice support manager. As a service provider, he developed and directed organizational efforts in consulting, project management, computer forensics, operations, project engineering and sales management.

Chuck’s experience is both consultative and hands-on. He works closely with clients in developing eDiscovery strategy for identification, collection, preservation, and negotiating the scope of discovery.

He has provided expert testimony in a variety of discovery disputes concerning computer forensic examination, the cost and burden of particular discovery requests, and the requirements for defensible search. He is a frequent writer and CLE speaker about proactive management of discovery costs and the multiple disciplines required for effective early case assessment (ECA).

Chuck holds a JD from Lewis & Clark Law School and a Bachelors degree from Brandeis University. Among other groups, he has been active in Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), The Sedona Conference, the Association of Litigation Support Professionals (ALSP) and the East Coast Association of Litigation Support Managers (ECALSM).

Jerry joined D4 with over 20 years of experience in Operations Leadership and a history of improving operational performance through a process management approach utilizing Quality and Lean Thinking principles. He began his career with Xerox Corporation in the UK before joining Arnold Magnetic Technologies in Rochester NY, and playing a major role in growing the initial company of $4M annual revenues into a $180M multi-national organization.

Jerry holds a Ph.D. Degree in Engineering from the University of Wales in the UK and an MBA from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY.

Martha joined D4 with more than 20 years of experience in high-tech sales and marketing, with a focus on start-ups and emerging growth companies. She spent most of her career working for Boston and Silicon Valley companies that she helped build from the ground up, including two successful IPO’s. Most recently, Martha served as the Director of Sales and Marketing at ClearMomentum, a SaaS based software company, headquartered in Rochester, NY. Prior to ClearMomentum, she held senior marketing and sales positions with Eloqua, Sendia (now Salesforce.com) and Centra Software (now Saba Software). Martha was one of the first employees at Avid Technology where she helped grow annual revenues from zero to $400M in five years.

Martha holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Economics from the State University of New York at Oneonta.

Peter has 14 years of experience in the legal technology field. As Sr. Vice President of D4, he provides eDiscovery consulting services to clients. Peter has experience in orchestrating large scale electronic data collections relating to litigation, audits, or regulatory requests. He also has experience with media restoration, processing and production of electronic data, and various forensic and litigation support tools.

Peter has served as an eDiscovery expert at numerous 26(f) conferences, has testified as a computer forensic expert witness in both state and federal court, and has been appointed by a Federal District Court as a neutral third party forensic examiner. He has personally participated in or overseen the collection and imaging of thousands of computers and performed forensic analysis on hundreds of hard drives and other media.

Prior to joining D4, Peter worked in New York City as a senior associate with Baker Robbins & Company, a technology consulting firm. Peter has also worked as the Operations Manager for a nationally recognized litigation support and electronic discovery vendor.

Peter is an EnCase Certified Examiner, an Access Data Certified Examiner, a Certified Computer Examiner (computer forensic certificates) and is a member of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA), the professional organization for persons involved in computer forensics.

Peter holds a Bachelor degree in Economics from the State University of New York at Oneonta and is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Digital Investigations Management at Champlain College.

Tom is a recognized eDiscovery expert with more than two decades of experience in information technology and 15 years focused on litigation support, document review, and eDiscovery methodologies. As the Vice President of Discovery Engineering at D4, Tom advises both corporate and law firm clients on issues involving ESI, including defensible collection methodologies, optimized ESI processing and review workflows, and litigation contingency and readiness planning.

Tom has presented numerous MCLEs and training seminars on ESI topics including optimized ESI workflows with various approaches to Native File Review and production methodologies. He is also the point person for matters involving complex electronic discovery services, production coordination, high-volume imaging efforts, Web-based repositories, and complex coding projects.

Tom has supported cases involving mergers & acquisitions, antitrust, securities, environmental, patent infringement, products liability, as well as other general litigation. Tom’s career began with IBM where he was employed for eight years as a System Engineer for the National Accounts division. He was then the Senior Business Development Manager for IKON Digital Litigation Services. Tom spent three years in the Geospatial software development and computer storage industries before joining Whitmont in 2004, which later became D4.

Tom has received numerous awards for his innovative ideas and top performance. He holds a Master of Science degree in Industrial Engineering with a focus on computer information systems from Arizona State University and a Bachelors of Science, Industrial Engineering from the University of Arkansas.

John has been with D4 since September 2007. His responsibilities are varied and include project management of computer forensic and data collection projects, overseeing all laboratory operations and personnel and equipment, and personally assisting on many projects. John has conducted several digital evidence collections and computer forensic examinations and provides peer review to other examiners.

John comes to D4 after retiring from law enforcement with over 24 years of service, the last 14 years holding the rank of Police Investigator. During his career, he held several positions including Patrolman, Youth Officer/D.A.R.E. Instructor, Evidence Technician, Firearms Instructor, and Narcotics Task Force Supervisor. He has testified hundreds of times in all levels of criminal court from local to federal.

In November 2006, he was featured in the National White Collar Crime Center’s quarterly issued magazine for uncovering a major international identity theft ring. He has earned many citations during his career including Officer of the Year and two Life Saving Awards. John’s computer forensic trainings have been with the National White Collar Crime Center, International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS), Guidance Software and Access Data Corporation. He is a Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE), Access Data Certified Examiner (ACE), and a Certified Electronic Evidence Collection Specialist (CEECS). He has taught computer forensics at a local community college as well as coached others with the CFCE process. He is also a licensed Private Investigator in New York State.

John is a member of the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS), the High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA), the Newark Elks Lodge and the Newark Rotary Club. He holds an Associates degree in Criminal Justice and another in Information Technology. He is currently pursuing a Bachelors degree in Computer Forensics and Digital Investigations at Champlain College.

Maureen has over twelve years of experience in the litigation support and legal technology industry. She is currently Vice President of the National Client Services Group, a team of professionals that includes litigation support professionals, paralegals and attorneys.

Maureen’s specialty is consulting and she actively participates in hands-on tasks that include advising on the eDiscovery process, requesting and evaluating vendor proposals, participating in the vendor selection process, evaluating and selecting litigation review tools, strategic planning with case teams, legal technology training and developing and implementing workflow policies and procedures.

Maureen’s past litigation support experience includes working in New York City as a D4 Consultant, as a Senior Project Manager for WilmerHale LLP, as a Litigation Support Case Manager for Davis, Polk & Wardwell LLP and as a Litigation Support Consultant for many other national and international law firms.

Maureen also spent five years in various roles working for DocuLegal LLC in Rochester, NY. In August 2000, Maureen played an instrumental role in having the New York State Appellate Division, Fourth Department, implement a new rule – Rule NYCRR 1000.3(h) – allowing the filing of electronic record on appeals and briefs in their Court. In July of 2001, Maureen’s client filed the first-ever electronic record on appeal and brief with the New York State Appellate Division, Fourth Department.

Maureen holds a Bachelor degree in Fine Arts from the University of Dayton. She participates regularly in a variety of training programs to update and maintain all of her litigation support and legal technology skills. Her knowledge and experience also extends to the following litigation support review tools: Concordance, Concordance FYI, Summation, Relativity, LiveNote, DocuMatrix, Sanction and most online review tools such as Prevail, iConnect, Inference and a variety of others.